Arriving at her 26th birthday party in a show-stopping, revealing dress, Cheryl Cole was pretty much guaranteed to be the centre of attention.

Partying at Vanilla private members club in London, the Girls Aloud singer pulled out all the stops in a £4,000 daring sheer, fringed mini-dress by British designer Alexander McQueen.

She wants to get her money back

But Cheryl couldn't have anticipated being upstaged by her own mother Joan Callaghan, 49, who misguidedly decided to go without underwear for the occasion.

The Coles and Joan joined a host of the singer's celebrity friends at the party, including X Factor mogul Simon Cowell, fellow judge Dannii Minogue and Girls Aloud band members Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts.

But by the end of the night, it was Joan who was causing the biggest stir among the assembled paparazzi as her desperation to keep up with the young ones became all too obvious.

Keen to show her still-petite figure in a sweatshirt grey bandeau dress, the 49-year-old unwisely decided to step out without any underwear. If she were worried about VPL - visible panty line - surely a thong would have provided adequate cover.

Oh dear!

However, it appears she has unwisely followed the trend often adopted by younger celebrities for dispensing with underwear altogether.

Quite what Cheryl will think about her mother's youthful behaviour is anybody's guess.

After enjoying a meal with Ashley and Joan at the Mayfair Hotel, the trio got a taxi to the Fitzrovia club for Cheryl's big bash.

As she was helped out of the taxi by Ashley, 28, Cheryl gave onlookers as flash of her rose and thorns tattoo around her right thigh as she climbed out of the car.

Back to the tacky footballer's wife look

She had clearly gone to some trouble to get ready for her big night out.

Unfortunately, now her night will be remembered mainly for her mother's faux pas, and not for the stunning Alexander McQueen creation she wore.

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